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HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

The Criminal Division is Responsible for hearing all serious criminal offences referred to it by the Magistrates' Courts. According to the Principal Judge's Circular, except for Commercial Court Judges who must attend to only Commercial Court cases, the rest of the Judges of the High Court who are based in Kampala are members of the Criminal Division irrespective of the other Divisions of the High Court that they belong to.

Each of the above judges is supposed to do, at least, one High Court Criminal Session in a year at Kampala

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September 2009
Uganda v Kiiza (Criminal Session Case No. 0047 of 2004) [2009] UGHCCRD 4 (11 September 2009) Unsworn child evidence required corroboration, which admission and examinations supplied, leading to conviction for defilement and 12-year sentence. Criminal law – Defilement – unsworn evidence of child of tender years requires corroboration – corroboration may be by admission and non‑medical examination by mature women – medical evidence of habitual intercourse admissible corroboration – identification evidence made safe by daylight and familiarity – weak alibi.	11 September 2009

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September 2009

Uganda v Kiiza (Criminal Session Case No. 0047 of 2004) [2009] UGHCCRD 4 (11 September 2009)

Unsworn child evidence required corroboration, which admission and examinations supplied, leading to conviction for defilement and 12-year sentence.

Criminal law – Defilement – unsworn evidence of child of tender years requires corroboration – corroboration may be by admission and non‑medical examination by mature women – medical evidence of habitual intercourse admissible corroboration – identification evidence made safe by daylight and familiarity – weak alibi.

11 September 2009